Synonyms for eventuality
Most common
possibility contingency potentiality consequence contingence
All synonyms
Noun
1. Contingency — A possible event; something that may happen
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A possible event; something that may happen.
Related words
- Word family
- eventualize
Forms
- Plural
- eventualities → contingencies, possibilities, chances, potentialities…
Example sentences
- possibility We cannot rule out the possibility of an accident.
- contingency There is neither contingency nor free will.
- consequence He changed his mind in consequence of the marriage.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| eventuality | steady | |
| possibility | steady | |
| contingency | steady | |
| potentiality | falling | |
| consequence | steady | |
| contingence | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- chance1
- 10 letters
- contingent3
- 11 letters
- possibility5, consequence3, contingency4, contingence
- 12 letters
- potentiality
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (contingent3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- éventualité
- Italiano
- eventualità